Lipica, Poland

Lipica
Village
Lipica
Coordinates: 54°20′0″N 21°6′17″E / 54.33333°N 21.10472°E / 54.33333; 21.10472
Country Poland Poland
Voivodeship Warmian-Masurian
County Bartoszyce
Gmina Sępopol

Lipica [liˈpit͡sa] (German: Lindenau) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Sępopol, within Bartoszyce County, Warmian-Masurian Voivodeship, in northern Poland, close to the border with the Kaliningrad Oblast of Russia.[1] It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north-east of Sępopol, 22 km (14 mi) north-east of Bartoszyce, and 73 km (45 mi) north-east of the regional capital Olsztyn.

Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (East Prussia). Following World War II the native German populace was expelled and replaced by Poles.

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Coordinates: 54°20′0″N 21°6′17″E / 54.33333°N 21.10472°E / 54.33333; 21.10472

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